Tag: Data privacy
Is there such a thing as online privacy? 7 essential reads
Jeff Inglis, The Conversation
Over the course of 2017, people in the U.S. and around the world became increasingly concerned about how their digital data...
Is there such a thing as online privacy? 7 essential reads
Jeff Inglis, The Conversation
Over the course of 2017, people in the U.S. and around the world became increasingly concerned about how their digital data...
Equifax breach is a reminder of society’s larger cybersecurity problems
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
The Equifax data breach was yet another cybersecurity incident involving the theft of significant personal data from a...
Big data security problems threaten consumers’ privacy
Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University
As more personal information is collected up by ever-more-powerful computers, giant sets of data – big data – have become...
Is big data heading for its ‘horsemeat moment’?
By Duncan Shaw, University of Nottingham
There have been so many leaks, hacks and scares based on misuse or misappropriation of personal data that any...